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STEVE HACKETT   

Darktown

RELEASED
1999
TYPE
studio album
STYLES
rock, progressive rock, art rock
TRACKS
01, Omega Metallicus  (3:48)
02, Darktown  (4:59)
03, Man Overboard  (4:18)
04, The Golden Age Of Steam  (4:09)
05, Days Of Long Ago  (3:23)
06, Dreaming With Open Eyes  (6:55)
07, Twice Around The Sun  (7:15)
08, Rise Again  (4:27)
09, Jane Austen's Door  (6:13)
10, Darktown Riot  (3:10)
11, In Memoriam  (8:00)
DURATION
56:33
MUSICIANS
STEVE HACKETT -vocals (3,8,9,11), guitars (1÷3,5÷11), 12
      string guitars (3), harmonica (2,3), piano (3), woodwind
      modelled (4), strings (4), sounds (3,6), orchestral
      simulation (3), choir (4), additional vocals (4), violins
      shaped (5), voice (6,10), narator (2,11)
ROGER KING -programming (1,7,9,10), keyboards (2,9), bass
      (2,9), woodwind modelled (4), mellotron (10), mellotron
      modelled (11), drums (4), Flageolet (4), effects (1), sounds
      (3), strings (10,11), choir (10,11), drum programming (11),
      vocals (11)
BEN FENNER -organ (7), synthesizers (7), mellotron (7), effects
      (1), sounds (3)
JERRY PEAL -bells (4), woodwind modelled (4), strings (4,6),
      keyboards (6), bass (6)
JULIAN COLBECK -keyboards (2)
RICHARD BUCKLAND -sounds (3)
AARON FRIEDMAN -piano (8), keyboards (8)
IAN MCDONALD -saxophone (2)
JOHN HACKETT -flute (6), panpipes (6)
BILLY BUDIS -cello (5), bass (8)
SIR DOUGLAS SINCLAIR -bass (1,7)
HUGO DEGENHARDT -drums (8)
JIM DIAMOND -vocals (5)
MAE MCKENNA -choir (4)
JAMIE MCKENNA -choir (4)
BEATS'N'THE HOOD -loops (1), programming (10)
PRODUCED BY
STEVE HACKETT
REVIEW
Náladově, stylově, zvukově, ... prostě po všech stránkách neuvěřitelně rozmanité album. Od úvodního šokujícícho "tanečně-metalického" crossoveru, přes crimsonovsky najazzlé experimenty, či akustické perlení, ... až po floydovskou zvukomalbu.